Plane crash newlyweds met working in Kensington shops

Plane crash newlyweds met working in Kensington shops

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Ronaldo Gomes Silva and Yanina

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In love: The couple met when Yanina worked at Oddono's and Ronaldo worked next door at Perfect Pizza in South Kensington

Tragic: Ronaldo Gomes Silva and his wife Yanina

The newlyweds who died in the Madrid plane crash met while working in shops next door to each other in London, it emerged today.

Ronaldo Gomes Silva, 25, met Yanina Celisdoizoyki, 21 from the Canary Islands, when he was working at Perfect Pizza in Bute Street, South Kensington, and she was working at Oddono's ice cream parlour last year.

Marco Petracchini, who runs Oddono's, said: "[Ronaldo] used to come in to chat her up all the time. They were obviously very much in love."

The couple were married in Brazil on 3 July and were flying to meet Yanina's family when flight JK5022 crashed.

Monir Fahmy, 48, manager of Perfect Pizza, said: "When [Ronaldo] first came to us a year ago, he was working part-time as a driver but everyone warmed to him immediately because of his wonderful personality and great sense of humour."

The couple were among the 153 who perished when the Spanair MD82 plane crashed and burst into flames on take-off from Madrid's Barajas Airport last Wednesday.